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L. M. REED.

PEEDING DEVICE FOR` ANIMALS.

Patented June 7, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

LEWIS M. REED, OF PATTERSON, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-I-IALETO JAMES W.HIOKMAN, lOF SAME PLACE.

FEEDING DEVICE FOR ANIMALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,310, dated J' une7, 1892. Application tiled January 5 1892. Serial No. 417,108. w(Nomodel.)

T all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS M. REED, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Patterson, in the county of Harvey and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forFeeding Animals; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled1o in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to means for feeding small or young animals;and the object is to provide improved means whereby young and dependentanimals-such as little pigs and calves-may be provided With food. whichzo they take from the food-receptacle much in i the manner that naturefurnishes them; and With this obj ect in vievv my invention consists inthe novel features of construction and their combination, as Will behereinafter fully described, and as the same is particularly pointed outand distinctly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of my improvedstock-feeder. Fig. 2 is a view of the base portion or heating- 3o drumof the feeder. Fig. 3 is a view of the upper portion of the feeder,being the foodreceptacle. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bottom portion ofthe apparatus. Fig. 5 is a vertical central section of thefood-receptacle-and the heating-drum arranged together and the lamp inthe lower port-ion or drum. Fig. 6 is sectional detail of the teat. Fig.7 is a plan detail of one of the baili ears on the foodholder.

4o A designates the base-plate, consisting of a plate of such size andshape as may be dcsired, the purposes being to leave a rather Wideflange surrounding the vertical supportcle or holder. This heating-drumis prefer- 5o ably a cylinder having its lower edge firmly secured tothe base plate by any suitable means. I have shown it as being securedand riveted thereto by brace-pieces. In the top edge of the cylinder orheating-drum are formed recesses 2, as many as may be desired, in whichthe bases of the food-ports rest When the food-holder is in position. Inthe [heat-v ing-drum is a port or Opening 3, closed by a slide 4,through which port 3 the thumb-piece of the wick-raiser of the lamp 5can be con- 6o veniently reached for manipulation and the flame of thelamp thus regulated. The lamp is detachably secured in the drum and tothe bottom thereof. On the opposite sides of the `heating-drum arebail-ears 6 7, having holes 65V `to take and retain the hooks of thebail by which the device may be carried from place toplace.

C designates the food-holder, consisting of .a cylindrical vessel ofsuch size as may be de- 7o sired and of less diameter than theheatingdrum or base portion, in or on Which it rests, substantially asshown in Figs. l and 5 of the drawings. The bottom 8 of the food-holderis higher in the central part, so that the liquidV food will have atendency to run outward and drain the vessel.

In the center of the food-holder is arranged and secured the flue orlamp-chimney 9, the lower portion extending below the bottom and 8o theupper portion or top reaching above the rim or edge of the food-holder,as seenin the drawings. This chimney serves as the draft to the lamp,and by this means the current is created and the radiations from thepipe, con- 85 stituting the chimney, heat the food in the receptacle. Inthe holder just above or on a line with the upper surface of the bottomare secured a number of short tubes 10, radially arranged and adapted tolit in the recesses 2 9o of the heating-drum, as shown. The outer endsof these short tubes lO support an annular ring 1l, which, when thefood-holder is put on the heatingdrum, sets around the outside of thelatter and serves to prevent damage at the intersection of the parts. Toeach of the short tubes l() is secured a flexibleteat l2, having a smallpuncture at the end, through which the food vis drawn when the animalsucks on it when taking its food. roo

These flexible teats are made of india-rubber and are clamped tightlyagainst the outer ends of the short tubes by means of clampingplates 13,secured to the ring 11,substantially as seen in the drawings.

D designates the lid of the food-holder, of the usual construction, toset on a cylindrical vessel and having a central opening 14, havl ingarranged over it a hood or cowl to set over it, the Wall of the hoodhaving openings 16 to let the current from the lamp escape. The hood maybe hinged to the lid. When desired, the llame of the lamp may be viewedthrough the chimney When regulating the flame.

On the sides ot' lthe food-holder near the top are secured bail-ears 171S, formed With slots 19, and having a cross-piece 2O of wire securedacross the slots, as shown, one of the ears beingillustrated in detailin Fig. 7 of the drawings. As the bail E must be adapted to carry eitherthe food-holder alone or both vessels when set together, it is madedetachable at both places, and hence may be pushed down through theslots of the ears 17 and 1S until the turned-in en'ds can be sprung intothe holes in the bail-ears of the heating-drum, as shown in thedrawings.

When it is desired to remove the food-holder from its seat on theheating-drum, the tu rnedin ends of the bail are sprung out of the earsand the bail drawn up until the hooks engage the Wires of the bail-earson the food-holder, and then the holder may be lifted and carried by thebail. It will be perceived that when the bail is engaged in the ears ofthe heating-drum they also serve as a locking means to hold theheating-drum and foodholder together, since the ears of the drum projectabove the ring 11 and the turned-in ends of the bail engage or rest onthe upper lsurface of the annular ring and thus hold the parts together.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the supporting heating-drum adapted to hold aheating means and formed with recesses in its upper edge and thefood-holder having a draft-chimney, tubes in the holder, adapted todrain the holder and set in the recesses of the heating-drum, an annularring on the outer end of the tubes, and teats clamped to the annularring over the open ends of the tubes, substantially as described.

2. In a feeding device for animals, the combination of a heating-drumformed With rel cesses in its upper end and having bail-ears, afood-holder having radially-disposed tubes, and an annular ring arrangedabout the base of the food-holder on said tubes, and a bail the ends ofwhich engage the ears of the drum and lock the holder and heating-drumtogether, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LEWIS M. REED.

Witnesses:

N. P. BELL, C. E. LrvENGooD.

